I can't give a 1 star. I just can't, because they played.
Reality was already bending for me as I walked over that bridge.
It was HOT AS BALLS. I sat down in some shade with some wooks. They were small, little, dirty wooks. In my condition, they looked like dirty little elves.
The field, as I recall, was dry and a black-throated wind was blowing.
The band was playing, but I could not get into it. I sat in the bleachers waiting to mellow out. The show never fixed my head.
We went on to Saratoga after this...and that was a whole other adventure.

My 8th show and first outdoor concert. Vivid memory: A guy jumped up on the stage (before Estimated?) shook Bob Weir's hand, and jumped back into the crowd. We ridiculed the "Day Job" encore; some head sarcastically mentioned that it had gone number one on AM radio. Man, those were the days.

a little pacey for my taste. Hard to know who was in a hurry.

but if I limited it to just the Peter i'd be leaving out the Killer Eyes, Music Never Stopped which Jerry just tears it up,a real decent B.R.R.Blues 7 a sweet Peggy-O. Would have been at this being 2 hours away but just moved to Cali the month before. solid 4 all the way though.

The venue was nice and expectations were high, but I wasn't impressed at the time and by future listens. However, I just revisited the show and was pleasantly surprised. The first set had average playing and above or below average song selection, depending on one's preferences. The second set was hit and miss for a while; I don't like the 80s breakneck Eyes tempo, though this one stretched out a tad longer than usual.
The fun began with Space. It worked itself into a nice long Truckin' intro; the Spoonful jam after made for a nice unhurried outro and kept a very bluesy feel into Black Peter. Around & Around was, well, Around & Around, but was always a bit nicer when Brent switched from piano to B-3 in his solo at the key change. Goin' Down The Road was unexpected and quite perky; it did sound like Jerry was working into something at the end until Bob jumped it with Saturday Night. It could have been a real treat with Sat. Night supplanting the Day Job encore, but oh well.
Probably not worth a download, but worth a listen.

This was probably my 3rd dead show @ age 23. It was a hot, sweaty show down on the field up close to the stage. People were passing water, beer, booze, and smokes down to the front because of the heat and congestion. God Bless those kind folks!
I think that the negative reviews of this show are unjustified as I've seen 65 or so shows since 83. It's not as good as Buffalo 88-89-90 or Alpine Valley, etc - but the band was in a real good mood and were playing great for an 1984 gig. I think that alot of people just couldn't hear or see very well as is the case with alot of venues.
I was right up front and saw the whole thing -- everything, and could hear it all -- everything better than usual. I learned alot about the dead that day that is only usually apparent for those who have been lucky enough to be in the first row or on stage for that once in a lifetime gig.
Too many snobs get too focused on Jerry, or Bobby -- but it's always been a package deal as I see it and in my humble opinion, they showed up with a package worth experiencing that day. What about Brent Midland! And u should have heard all of the stuff that Mickey Hart was doing that didn't make it onto the tape mix!
Most of these reviews are posted by people who were there, but less concerned about the recording. I used a 16 band stereo equalizer to clean this recording up a little, but I didn't have to do much to bring it up and out, so I would give the recording a 5 or 6 on scale of 10. However, I'm sticking to my story about how great the actual show was.
The show was great and even my friends who stayed up on the bleachers had a great time. Brothers and sisters: Don't Ease Me In!!
Peace Out.....

and only 3 years old! Me and Dad. Great to be able to hear it again! :-D

This show blew...and man when I ran over that bridge onto that dinky little island in the middle of the Susque' -I thought this could be a great venue for some real madness - unfortunately it was not - except for the crowd swinging from the trees like crazed George of the Jungles - that was a good laugh.

Now this was my second show, 19 years old, and I had a great time, too, but let's try to be objective here. I mean, these reviews are supposed to be informative for downloaders, not just places to reminisce, right?
So: this is a bad show. Having Don't Ease and Day Job in the same show, to end both sets, is not a good thing. Worst for me is how out of it Jerry is -- he repeatedly flubs the riffs in Estimated, and seems very unfocused all night.
Yes, I know it's Junkie Jerry, but sometimes it inspired him to a dark edge and didn't get in the way (such as Toronto 6/21 and Augusta,ME 10/12). Unfortunately, this ain't one of those times. I've always been amazed at how different 6/21 and this show are, though only two days apart.
Bottome line: for completists and historical purposes only.

What a 1st show man! I was 15, and changed forever! It was a Dead convention throughout the city, then we walked across a bridge over the Susquehanna to City Island... Awsome!!!!!!!

What a night... weird little town of Harrisburg... just graduated HS and off on the first of many forays into a psycadelic abyss!!! dont remember much... but I had quite a great time.

During the show lightning bugs danced around the light show above the stage and in the woods to the left. When the show was over we got back to the white 1980 VW Rabbit and found that someone had left a piece of paper that was neatly folded on the hood of the white Rabbit.
I always wanted to say, "thanks"! : )

My friends and I were sitting around with nothing to do so we decided to drive up to Harrisburg and go to the show(we had tix for Merriweather a few days later). I remember being really hot and packed on the field. The show was somewhat good but my memories are kind of unclear. The tape sounds good. A typical mid 80's setlist.